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“Baby, I love you
But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child”

Wild World
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

“Dark and empty was the place to which I’d come
Cold and silent was the house my name was on
Nine rooms — and a tomb in every one”

Song lyrics, Numbers (1974)

“Art was what I originally started out to do and music came second at first. I had a year at art college but I left because it was too much like school. I give all my paintings away to people I like.”

Interview for Melody Maker with Chris Charlesworth (July 1970)

“Longer boats are coming to win us
Hold on to the shore, or —
They’ll be taking the key from the door”

Longer Boats
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

“Underneath her kiss I was so unguarded
Every bottle’s empty now and all those dreams are gone
Ah, but the song carries on … so holy”

Sweet Scarlet
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

“Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it's breakin' my heart you're leaving
Baby, I'm grieving”

Wild World
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

“I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.”

I Love My Dog (1966), his first single, later included on Matthew and Son (1967)
Song lyrics

“So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out
There’s so much left to know, and I’m on the road to find out.”

On The Road To Find Out
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

“Now I’m not making love to anyone’s wishes,
Only for that light I see
‘Cause when I’m dead and lowered low in my grave,
That’s gonna be the only thing that’s left of me”

Sitting
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

“One is the ever kindling star
King of the immortal spark
In heaven’s eye”

Monad's Anthem
Song lyrics, Numbers (1974)

“Oh I’m on my way I know I am,
But times there were when I thought not
Bleeding half my soul in bad company,
I thank the moon I had the strength to stop”

Sitting
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

“Yesterday I was on the edge
Hoping everything was going to work itself out
A good honest man doing the work of God
Trying to make things better for Him
A lover of life in a school for fools
Trying to find another way to survive”

Music
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)

“I’m looking for a hard-headed woman,
One who will make me do my best,
And if I find my hard-headed woman,
I know the rest of my life will be blessed”

Hard Headed Woman
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

“It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist. The harm done is often difficult to repair.”

As quoted in "Singer Islam gets libel damages" BBC News (15 February 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4268651.stm

“Oh very young,
What will you leave us this time?
There’ll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see better days
Will you carry the words of love with you?
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven?
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will — you know they never will”

Oh Very Young
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)

“If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can forget the chance
That I didn’t have to know you
And live in peace, in peace”

If I Laugh
Song lyrics, Teaser and the Firecat (1971)

“Oh I’m on my way, I know I am,
Somewhere not so far from here
All I know is all I feel right now,
I feel the power growing in my hair
Sitting on my own not by myself,
Everybody’s here with me
I don’t need to touch your face to know,
And I don’t need to use my eyes to see”

Sitting
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

“Geoffrey Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?
Yusuf Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?
Robertson: Yes.
Islam: Yes, yes.
Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?
Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act — perhaps, yes.”

Hypotheticals : "A Satanic Scenario" Granada Television (5 May 1989)

“Give me time forever here in my time”

O' Caritas (co-written with Andreas Toumazis and Jeremy Taylor)
Song lyrics, Catch Bull at Four (1972)

“"Peace Train" is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. As a member of humanity and as a Muslim, this is my contribution to the call for a peaceful solution.”

"Yusuf Islam Takes Stance for Peace" by Ali Asadullah at IslamOnline http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout&cid=1158658359693